Men's Division 1 Basketball : Champions : Schools : Streaks : Series records : Most frequent matchups

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Year  Champion           Runner-Up           Result        3rd Place ++       4th Place          place game     Teams
2023  Connecticut        San Diego State    76-59          Miami (FL)         Florida Atlantic      none         68
2022  Kansas             North Carolina     72-69          Villanova          Duke                  none         68
2021  Baylor             Gonzaga            86-70          Houston            UCLA                  none         68
2020         CHAMPIONSHIP CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC
2019  Virginia           Texas Tech         85-77 (OT)     Auburn             Michigan State        none         68
2018  Villanova          Michigan           79-62          Kansas             Loyola (IL)           none         68
2017  North Carolina     Gonzaga            71-65          Oregon             South Carolina        none         68
2016  Villanova          North Carolina     77-74          Oklahoma           Syracuse              none         68
2015  Duke               Wisconsin          68-63          Michigan State     Kentucky              none         68
2014  Connecticut        Kentucky           60-54          Florida            Wisconsin             none         68
2013  Louisville         Michigan           82-76          Wichita State      Syracuse              none         68
2012  Kentucky           Kansas             67-59          Louisville         Ohio State            none         68
2011  Connecticut        Butler             53-41          Kentucky           Virginia Commonwealth none         68
2010  Duke               Butler             61-59          West Virginia      Michigan State        none         65
2009  North Carolina     Michigan State     89-72          Villanova          Connecticut           none         65
2008  Kansas             Memphis            75-68 (OT)     North Carolina     UCLA                  none         65
2007  Florida            Ohio State         84-75          UCLA               Georgetown            none         65
2006  Florida            UCLA               73-57          George Mason       Louisiana State       none         65
2005  North Carolina     Illinois           75-70          Michigan State     Louisville            none         65
2004  Connecticut        Georgia Tech       82-73          Duke               Oklahoma State        none         65
2003  Syracuse           Kansas             81-78          Texas              Marquette             none         65
2002  Maryland           Indiana            64-52          Kansas             Oklahoma              none         65
2001  Duke               Arizona            82-72          Maryland           Michigan State        none         65
2000  Michigan State     Florida            89-76          Wisconsin          North Carolina        none         64
1999  Connecticut        Duke               77-74          Ohio State         Michigan State        none         64
1998  Kentucky           Utah               78-69          Stanford           North Carolina        none         64
1997  Arizona            Kentucky           84-79 (OT)     North Carolina     Minnesota             none         64
1996  Kentucky           Syracuse           76-67          Massachusetts      Mississippi State     none         64
1995  UCLA               Arkansas           89-78          Oklahoma State     North Carolina        none         64
1994  Arkansas           Duke               76-72          Arizona            Florida               none         64
1993  North Carolina     Michigan           77-71          Kansas             Kentucky              none         64
1992  Duke               Michigan           71-51          Indiana            Cincinnati            none         64
1991  Duke               Kansas             72-65          Nevada-Las Vegas   North Carolina        none         64
1990  Nevada-Las Vegas   Duke              103-73          Georgia Tech       Arkansas              none         64
1989  Michigan           Seton Hall         80-79 (OT)     Illinois           Duke                  none         64
1988  Kansas             Oklahoma           83-79          Duke               Arizona               none         64
1987  Indiana            Syracuse           74-73          Nevada-Las Vegas   Providence            none         64
1986  Louisville         Duke               72-69          Louisiana State    Kansas                none         64
1985  Villanova          Georgetown         66-64          Memphis            St. John's (NY)       none         64
1984  Georgetown         Houston            84-75          Kentucky           Virginia              none         53
1983  North Carolina St  Houston            54-52          Georgia            Louisville            none         52
1982  North Carolina     Georgetown         63-62          Houston            Louisville            none         48
1981  Indiana            North Carolina     63-50          Virginia           Louisiana State      78-74         48
1980  Louisville         UCLA               59-54          Purdue             Iowa                 75-58         48
1979  Michigan State     Indiana State      75-64          DePaul             Pennsylvania         96-93         40
1978  Kentucky           Duke               94-88          Arkansas           Notre Dame           71-69         32
1977  Marquette          North Carolina     67-59          Nevada-Las Vegas   UNC-Charlotte       106-94         32
1976  Indiana            Michigan           86-68          UCLA               Rutgers             106-92         32
1975  UCLA               Kentucky           92-85          Louisville         Syracuse             96-88 (OT)    32
1974  North Carolina St  Marquette          76-64          UCLA               Kansas               78-61         25
1973  UCLA               Memphis            87-66          Indiana            Providence           97-79         25
1972  UCLA               Florida State      81-76          North Carolina     Louisville          105-91         25
1971  UCLA               Villanova          68-62          Western Kentucky   Kansas               77-75         25
1970  UCLA               Jacksonville       80-69          New Mexico State   St. Bonaventure      79-73         25
1969  UCLA               Purdue             92-72          Drake              North Carolina      104-84         25
1968  UCLA               North Carolina     78-55          Ohio State         Houston              89-85         23
1967  UCLA               Dayton             79-64          Houston            North Carolina       84-62         23
1966  Texas-El Paso      Kentucky           72-65          Duke               Utah                 79-77         22
1965  UCLA               Michigan           91-80          Princeton          Wichita State       118-82         23
1964  UCLA               Duke               98-83          Michigan           Kansas State        100-90         25
1963  Loyola (IL)        Cincinnati         60-58 (OT)     Duke               Oregon State         85-63         25
1962  Cincinnati         Ohio State         71-59          Wake Forest        UCLA                 82-80         25
1961  Cincinnati         Ohio State         70-65 (OT)     St. Joseph's       Utah                127-120 (4OT)  24
1960  Ohio State         California         75-55          Cincinnati         New York Univ.       95-71         25
1959  California         West Virginia      71-70          Cincinnati         Louisville           98-85         23
1958  Kentucky           Seattle            84-72          Temple             Kansas State         67-57         24
1957  North Carolina     Kansas             54-53 (3OT)    San Francisco      Michigan State       67-60         23
1956  San Francisco      Iowa               83-71          Temple             Southern Methodist   90-81         25
1955  San Francisco      La Salle           77-63          Colorado           Iowa                 75-54         24
1954  La Salle           Bradley            92-76          Penn State         Southern California  70-61         24
1953  Indiana            Kansas             69-68          Washington         Louisiana State      88-69         22
1952  Kansas             St. John's (NY)    80-63          Illinois           Santa Clara          67-64         16
1951  Kentucky           Kansas State       68-58          Illinois           Oklahoma State       61-46         16
1950  CC of New York     Bradley            71-68          North Carolina St  Baylor               53-41         8
1949  Kentucky           Oklahoma State     46-36          Illinois           Oregon State         57-53         8
1948  Kentucky           Baylor             58-42          Holy Cross         Kansas State         60-54         8
1947  Holy Cross         Oklahoma           58-47          Texas              CC of New York       54-50         8
1946  Oklahoma State     North Carolina     43-40          Ohio State         California           63-45         8
1945  Oklahoma State     New York Univ.     49-45          Arkansas           Ohio State            none         8
1944  Utah               Dartmouth          42-40 (OT)     Iowa State         Ohio State            none         8
1943  Wyoming            Georgetown         46-34          Texas              DePaul                none         8
1942  Stanford           Dartmouth          53-38          Colorado           Kentucky              none         8
1941  Wisconsin          Washington State   39-34          Pittsburgh         Arkansas              none         8
1940  Indiana            Kansas             60-42          Duquesne           Southern California   none         8
1939  Oregon             Ohio State         46-33          Oklahoma           Villanova             none         8

++ Semi-finalist that lost to champion is shown in this column in years that there was no third place game
    
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